Originally Posted by
psells
Similar thing happened to us in Trinidad in '89. Took of from Port of Spain, got about halfway to Barbados, turned around and came back. There was a problem with cabin pressure, and although they could have made the Barbados leg, they would not have been able to reach cruising altitude to Toronto after that. So we sat on the tarmac for a couple of hours, they fed us in our seats, then kicked us off. The flight was rescheduled for the next day, they put us up in the Holiday Inn, then back to the airport to hang around and around until the plane was properly fixed. At one point, we watched the crew get on, thinking we were about to get started, then watched as the plane taxied out, took off without us and landed again about 25 minutes later. A test flight to check the pressure. We got going maybe an hour after that. The good part? My uncle-in-law (retired airport official dude) had had us upgraded to first class, so all of the sitting around was in comfy chairs and nice lounges with lots of west indian food and beverages. BWIA, now Carribean Airlines, is right up there with KLM in my books, a notch below Emirates and Etihad for service.
Have a great trip, Ecat!